Urban Cowboy, and other silly poses

Yesterday my father (Paw Paw Jimmy) and I took Alex to Portrait Innovations. They are reasonably priced (if you dont buy as many photos as I did!) and do a pretty good job for studio shots. We took Alex for his 1 year photo shoot and cake smash, but I ended up with some that I like a LOT better than his cake pictures. Here is a peek.








The cowboy shot is one of my favs - I got it in black and white though....Its the cutest thing ever in black and white.












My *almost* 4th of July baby showing off his pride for his country!


If you would like to see all 90 images click the link below:

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=1165411008/a=29743784_29743784/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

High and Tight

We are getting Alex ready early for Military School or the Police Academy.

In all honesty, I have pictures lined up for his 1 year birthday shoot on Friday and I am too cheap to spend $25 on a haircut prior so I thought...This cant be THAT hard.

Well -- its a lot shorter than I wanted, but I guess its not THAT bad.....is it?

Note to self: I used a 2 Guard on the back and a 4 on the top...next time try a 4 on the back and a 6 on the top. Ummkay? Thanks.

Water Table!

We are planning on making a play area in the back yard but with all the rain its just too muddy to do anything back there right now. So for now, the water table is cramped on the little patio we have. Alex didnt seem to mind.

Water Days at Daycare

We really like Alex's daycare. I like that its small, and that he can get individual attention. We also like that they do outside activities with them. Alex LOVES being outside. They had water day this week and we got a CD of all the images. There are several good ones of Alex and his buddy Ben - but since I dont know Ben's mom I hate to post them on my blog without her permission -- so here are the best ones of just Alex.

Watch out ladies here he comes!

Hey where is the pool? Im not so sure about this.

I think Ill just sit on the sidelines for now.

MELT YOUR HEART!!!

Swim Lessons!

Alex is enrolled in the Puddle Ducks class with the Aquatic Center downtown. First off -- that is a REALLY nice facility. We were in the "warm pool" and Alex really enjoyed it. We showed up late (I thought the class was at 10:30!) so we missed about the first 5-10 minutes so next week shouldn't feel so rushed. But what a good value for the money.

Alex is in a class with a coworker of mine, his wife and child who is just a few weeks younger than Alex. I hope we can have them over to the pool soon so the boys can show off the skills they learn in class. Right now its very basic...they 'jump' in on their own, they float while we hold them on their bellies, and on their backs and then a few minutes of play time.

First Haircut

So my dear friend Allison came over on Tuesday to hang out with Alex and she told me he had a mullet. I knew his hair was getting long and wild and crazy, but I always thought Id be the mom who waited until Alex was a year old to get his hair cut. Its a southern thing. But since he was sporting a Billy Ray Cyrus look, I had to step in. So I told Allison on Friday I was thinking of cutting his hair because someone told me he had a mullet and she responded via email with the best email ever so I have to share:

Alex is pre-mullet ;) It happens; it's not as faux paux with babies. Except they'll be pissed at you when they get older and see you did nothing. Kinda like when I look at old pics and wondered when someone was going to tell me I had a unibrow. ;)

So there ya go, we got his haircut. And now everyone knows Allison had a unibrow, and Im sure she will rethink ever making fun of Alex again because payback is a b!tch and I just told everyone about her unibrow.

Now onto some cuteness:

Alex now just wants to do Elvis impersonations!

What Has Alex Been Up To?

Tonight after bedtime I heard Alex grunting ... I thought he might have been making a special type of diaper that Dad likes to change (not). So I go in, only to find my son, peering over the crib at me! Keep in mind just last week he wasn't even pulling up -- pulling up is something he started about oh....a DAY AGO!

I stopped at his door and yelled to Scotty to come upstairs...so he does. We are both standing there shocked! So we walk in and what do we find....not only has he pulled up...he has PULLED OFF his diaper!

The Proof - he just wanted to air it out!

The good news - it doesn't appear that he tried to eat the diaper.